Subject: Re: 1.2, SparcIPC noboot.
To: Christian E. Hopps <chopps@merit.edu>
From: Kerry Gray <kgray@netcom.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 03/04/1997 15:20:22
On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Christian E. Hopps wrote:

> 
> I am having a problem getting NetBSD 1.2 installed on a sparc ipc.
> 
> I have set the two OpenBOOT variables as requested by the INSTALL doc
> 
> I then installed the miniroot-12.fs.sun4c onto sd0b and did 
> a "boot disk:b netbsd -s" I did this in single user after a fresh
> reboot.
> 
> The system comes up and the kernel boots to:
> 
> root on sd0b
> WARNING: clock gained 152 days -- CHECK AND RESET THE DATE
> Preserved 9630 blocks of miniroot leaving 17546 pages of swap
> 
> At which point it hangs, I can still STOP-A to reboot.
> 
It looks like you forgot to run the MAKEDEV script.